Safety-stirrup



W. R. GREENl SAFETYSTIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 16. |917.

1,352,406, Y Patentedsept. 7,1920.

.We HMHHIL UNITED STATES WILLIAM RICHARD GREEN, OE LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.

SAFETY-STIRRUP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Spt. 7, 1920.

Application filed October 16, 1917. Serial No. 196,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. GREEN, a citizen of Canada, residing atLos Angeles,

in the county of Los Angeles, State of Cali- Y simple and inexpensivestirrup so confl structed as to be manipulated by the foot of the riderwhen falling from an animal to release said foot and thereby avoidconsequent injury by reason of the rider being dragged along the ground.

lIhe inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which. for the purpose of illustratingthe invention, is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 isa rear elevation of the stirrup constructed in accordance with theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the parts in operativeposition.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the parts in inoperative or releasingposition.

Fig. l is a vertical sectional view.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the sectional hood plate employed inconnection with the invention.

In the drawing the numeral 10 indicates generally the body of thestirrup, the vertical side arms of which each consist of sections 11 and12 pivoted together at 137 the upper ends of the sections 12 beingjoined by the cross piece 14 adapted to receive a saddle or stirrupstrap. The lower' portion of the stirrup including the foot piece andside sections 11 is therefore, through the medium of the constructionjust described, permitted to swing forwardly about'the pivots 13 asshown in Fig. 3.

Adjacent the upper ends of the said sections 12, as at 15, the same haveVpivoted thereto the hood plate generally indicated by the numeral 16and consisting of upper and lower sections 17 and 18 having adjacentedges reduced as indicated at 19 for overlapping relation and providedwith a Y plurality of bolt openings 20 for receiving the bolts 21whereby the lower section 18 may be adjusted longitudinally relative tothe section 17 so as to vary the length of said plate to conform to thesize of the foot to be placed in the stirrup. The bottom edge of thesection 18 of the plate is curved as indicated at 22 so as to snugly litthe instep of the shoe in the stirrup. The Vertical edges of the section17 are provided with rearwardly projecting hooks 23 which extendtransversely of the side sections 12 and engage about the same so as tolimit the forward movement of the plate 16 when a foot is inserted intothe stirrup.

`From the foregoing description it will be apparent that should a riderfall from an animal, the foot in the stirrup would force the lowersection of the body thereof forwardly into the position shown in Fig. .3and the toe of the foot would so engage the bottom section 18 of theplate 16 as to force the same rearwardly and disengage the hooks 23 fromthe side sections 12 Vwhereupon the stirrup would be opened in such amanner as to permit of the boot being read-V ily disengaged therefromthus avoiding any danger of the rider being dragged along the ground byreason of the foot being held by the stirrup.

What is claimed is 1. A safety stirrup comprising a hanger c member, atread member pivotally connected with the hanger member and a hoodmember pivotally connected with the hanger member in position to lie attimes in cooperative relation to the tread of the tread member.

2. A safety stirrup comprising a hanger member including spaced sidesand adapted to receive a stirrup strap, a tread member including alsospaced sidespiyoted to the corresponding sides of the hanger memberV,and a hood plate pivotally connected with the hanger member andextending from its inclosure intothat of the tread member and means forlimiting pivotal movement of the hood member from the inclosure lof thehanger member to one direction only.

In testimony whereof,'I amX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

Vitnesses:

T. E. CLYTER, E. `MENOYLIA.

